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Boys open basketball league play with loss
Sweet Home boys basketball endured a tough result to start league play in the Oregon West Conference last…
Huskies turn in some ‘crazy swims,’ set PRs, in meet
Sweet Home hosted Cascade, Madras and Philomath Friday in a swim meet that turned out to be a…
Boys and girls wrestlers both finish third at Oregon Classic
Sweet Home’s boys and girls both placed third in the Oregon Classic Friday and Saturday, Jan. 13-14, in…
Prep swimming: Huskies get test run in district pool
Sweet Home’s young swimmers got a taste of what the district meet will look like Saturday, Jan. 14,…
Huskies’ 2023 cheer competition doubles size of field
Sweet Home hosted its fourth annual cheer competition Saturday, Jan. 14, drawing a field of competitors ranging from…
Boys end non-league basketball season with pair of losses
Sweet Home boys basketball lost to Madras 55-36 at home last week and to Crook County 64-32 on…
Basketball: Girls struggle against Madras, Crook County
Sweet Home girls basketball was unable to find the win column last week, falling to Madras 54-40 and…
Boys basketball: Huskies take 3A team Pleasant Hill to wire before falling in overtime
On Friday, Sweet Home boys basketball lost a close overtime game to Pleasant Hill, a team ranked no.…
Girls basketball: Shooting woes hinder Sweet Home against Billies
Sweet Home girls basketball lost a home game on Friday to a Pleasant Hill team ranked No. 8…
Boys outnumbered at Lebanon, but girls win swim meet
Sweet Home’s swimmers got a little bit of a unique experience Friday, in a head-to-head dual with a…
Boys win county wrestling title; girls second – by a point
Sweet Home’s boys won their eighth straight Linn County Wrestling Championship title Friday, Jan. 6, at Lebanon, while…
Wrestling: Larger schools don’t faze Huskies at NW Duals
One thing’s sure about the Northwest Duals wrestling tournament held Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 28-29, at the Linn…
Husky boys’ struggles continue at Stayton basketball tourney
Sweet Home boys basketball was unable to get a win at the SCTC Holiday Classic at Stayton High…
Girls hoops: Sweet Home goes 1-2 at Stayton
Sweet Home girls basketball went 1-2 at the SCTC Holiday Classic at Stayton High School Dec. 28-30, first…
Girls win, boys second in hastily organized home swim meet
How fast can you put a swim meet together? Pretty quickly, it turns out, when you need a…
Girls fall to Sisters in basketball
Sweet Home’s girls basketball team fell to 3-4 on the season Tuesday, Dec. 20 , with a 41-28…
Huskies struggle with focus in loss to Sisters
Sweet Home boys basketball fell to 1-6 on the season Tuesday, Dec. 20, with a 50-35 home loss…
Sweet Home alums making marks
Benny Westcott As 2022 winds down, The New Era takes a look at how Sweet Home High School…
‘Limping’ Huskies still manage 9-1 run in busy wrestling week
Sweet Home’s boys went 3-1 at the Thurston Duals Saturday, Dec. 17, beating Springfield 72-12, McNary 70-6, Culver…
Husky swimmers sweep competition in unusual venue
Some last-minute schedule changes put Sweet Home’s swimmers in Molalla on Friday, Dec. 16, instead of in Lebanon…
Girls basketball: Girls drop to .500 after road loss at Estacada
Sweet Home girls basketball dropped to .500 on the season last week with a 44-39 loss to Estacada…
Boys lose lead, then hoops game in OT
Sweet Home boys basketball saw a losing streak extend to five games with a 62-51 overtime loss at…
Girls basketball: Burke’s buzzer-beater lifts Sweet Home against visiting Hidden Valley
Senior guard Brooke Burke hit a game-winning buzzer-beating three pointer to give her team the victory against Hidden…
Swimming teams post win over district rivals in home meet
Sweet Home’s swimming teams outscored league rivals Salem Academy, Sisters and Kennedy in a home meet Friday, Dec.…
Volleyball team celebrates meeting big goals this season
Benny Westcott The Sweet Home volleyball squad celebrated their season at a Dec. 9 banquet at the high…